Every time I go into London some git's jumped under a train...is this a daily occurrence on the tube?

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Every time I go into London some git's jumped under a train...is this a daily occurrence on the tube?

Answer 1

It is quite common and getting worse.  One wonders just how many of these 'incidents' are actually murders.

I mean, if any of us is followed to the tube station by our stalker, what if etc?

Keep well back from the edge of the track.

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For anyone wishing to commit suicide, here's how it's done.

Take 10 feet of rope, tie one end in a loop around the neck.  Go to any bridge across the river Thames at London.  Tie the other end of your 10 feet of rope to the bridge.  Leap over the side.

Dead drop.

Answer 2

I hear of it at least once a month

ps. think Steven B should get the 10 points!

Answer 3

lucky ellie what a sense of humour your answer is brill.lol

Answer 4

Actually, I sympathise with the person posting this question.

As much as I obviously feel for the tragic and desperate circumstances that lead someone into taking their own life, track suicides in the UK are so common - I reckon in the past year my train has been delayed or cancelled around 10 - 15 times by a suicide somewhere on the tracks.

It's not that I don't feel sorry for the person taking their life - I genuinely do - but that it happens so regularly and is so disruptive to everyone else who wants to continue with life that it IS actually quite frustrating.

Suicide is a tragic thing, but when people take their life it demonstrates a slight selfishness to do so in a way that disrupts life for other people so much.

I just wonder if more could be done to prevent this and support people who are thinking of committing suicide this way. At Beachy Head cliff on the South Coast there are support signs and telephone numbers for Samaritans - maybe these could be put on Tube/Train platforms.

It's one of the reasons why at tube stations like Westminster there is an additional set of doors between the platform and the train preventing people from jumping on the tracks.

Long overdue, I think.

So, sympathy all round - but don't attack the guy for posting a question that genuinely annoys a lot of commuters...

Answer 5

Not daily but frequent

Answer 6

Great to see you put your problems in perspective with those of others.

Answer 7

Wow! He must be one tough son-of-a-b*tch!!!

Answer 8

The prices of petrol is driving people crazy.

Answer 9

Its evolution !

Eventually all the stupid sad selfish gits will be dead and the world can carry on a better place without them.

Answer 10

sorry to say it dos happen a lot as an ex london underground train driver for 15 years happen to me 5 times thats why a ex driver

Answer 11

Oh,how tragic...

Answer 12

Glad you are not a doctor with your line in sympathy.

Answer 13

your answer is in the 6th word of your Question

And im sure its not the only one of the day

What a depressing place!

Answer 14

Lets just hope this poor git isn't a member of your family who has problems....your sympathy amazes me!

Answer 15

You ought to feel sorry for

1.  The poor person who's life was so bad they wanted to do it, and

2.  The poor driver who will see that person in his dreams for the rest of his life.

Answer 16

Dont know exactly on the tube but one a day on the network as a whole

Answer 17

Unfortunatley, not just only on the tube, but on national rail as well.  Not a day goes past without somewhere 1 person at least a day will jump / trip / be hit by a train somwhere in the UK.

I work on the Network in the South East and we can actually determine what time of year it is by the amount of 'Jumpers' and we have notorious black spots on the Network which are renown as areas where Suicides take place.

The trouble is, for ordinary people who just want to get from A to B, the disruption this causes is huge, the line has to be closed, trains stuck, crew in wrong place, replacement busses sorted out or alternative transport laid on, etc, etc. Let alone the cost of clear up, emergency services called out, emotional damage to anyone who witnesses the event including the crew of the train who are the first on scene and have to deal with the problem.

Unfortunatley the disruption if large can knock an entire days running plan out if it is a nasty problem.

And I hate to say it, but there is no easy way around the problem, it will happen again and again.